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Projects & Creative / Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel/ Energy Deathmatch - V1B (5/9/20

« on: May 09, 2011, 03:50:50 PM »

There was text here, it's gone now.

Moved to first post

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Projects & Creative / Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel/ Energy Deathmatch - V1B (5/9/20

« on: May 09, 2011, 09:00:16 AM »

Updated 5/9/2011

See original post for updates!

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MM8BDM Discussion / Re: Screenshots

« on: May 07, 2011, 05:28:54 AM »

MY SUPER AWESOME UNIQUE AND BRAND NEW ORIGINAL MAP

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Projects & Creative / Re: [Game Modes] Rage Roboenza + Team Assassination (Upd. 5/

« on: May 05, 2011, 08:22:42 PM »

Version 3a comments.

What you have is good. The counter is a good addition. I feel the positioning is a bit distracting and encroaches on the 'gamespace' a bit. It might not be an issue for others but I felt the counter colors were a bit distracting and hard to read at times. I feel the counter layout could be improved in the following way:

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Script 719 ENTER clientside
{
Delay(1);
InfectedCounter = ThingCountName("InfectedClass",0);
SurvivorCounter = (PlayerCount() - InfectedCounter);
//SetFont("CONFONT");
SetFont("SMALLFONT");
HudMessage(s:"Infected: ", i:InfectedCounter; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 98, CR_WHITE, 0.04, 0.94, 5.0,0);
HudMessage(s:"Survivors: ", i:SurvivorCounter; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 99, CR_WHITE, 0.04, 0.96, 5.0,0);
restart;
}


Using the 'clientside' script type this will lead to better performance over a network because it's not sending the output of ThingCountName() every tic to all clients. Additionally this revised script 719 features a better HUD position and less distracting text colors. So, free bump.

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: May 05, 2011, 07:48:26 PM »

Strange bug with Wily alien

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1) Get BeatCall
2) Jump in a pit that activates Beat somehow (execute script 205)
3) While flying using the power of Beat, transform from humanoid to alien wily
4) Let Beat expire while still alien
5) Alien has no ammo in the ammobar, cannot fly, but can stay in alien form forever shooting fast projectiles. Using the human transformation item makes you human again filling the ammobar up from empty as usual. (You do not have to keep firing to continue being the Alien)

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Projects & Creative / Re: [Game Mode] Energy Duel - v1a

« on: May 05, 2011, 07:37:26 PM »

Hey, thanks for your detailed and well-written comments on this.

The health comments are especially useful. How would you rate these solutions?

1) Health spawns as normal.
2) No health spawns at all.
3) Something else.

On that fact, it'd be normal for a Duel-Fool[Skilled Duelist] to refill and re-engage a target, but in the case they can't find health to do so, they may lose to people more often because of the inconvienence.

This was actually one of the main goals of the mode. If you look at Skulltag/ Doom duel-32 mode for example, you can almost guarantee that both people will die a lot simply because there's not a lot of health around. My goal is to create something faster paced where a fraglimit of 25 is not unreasonable (as opposed to the 5 or 10 we usually see in MM8BDM).

Also, I'm all for that Sphere Power-Up. What will be its use, and how will it be applied?

It really depends on how the health ideas shake out. My original thought was to give every large health pickup a very small possibility of spawning a sphere/ rune.

The easiest choices for these effects are seen HERE

To summarize:

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[*] Quad damage (45 seconds)
[*] Double speed and acceleration (45 seconds)
[*] Stop time (10 seconds)
[*] 90% transparent (invisible) (45 seconds)
[*] Reduce damage taken by 3/4 (45 seconds)
[*] Total invulnerability (30 seconds)
[*] +100 health (up to 200) (one time use)

Something not on this list is also a possibility as long as someone can describe what it should do very specifically. Runes as well.

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Projects & Creative / [Game Mode] ?BOX MODE! [qbox-v2u.wad] [MM8BDM-v5a]

« on: May 04, 2011, 04:13:19 AM »

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?-BOX MODE

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New in v2u

Now with v5a compatibility!
 Buckshot mode is Super adaptors
 Secret mapcodes: FDEST, HOLORM, SHOOT, MM7SLAX
 A lot more health now spawns
 Works out of the box with most popular PWADs (i.e. classes) - Load this first

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What is this mode?
Most item placements are replaced with various different ?-boxes that must each be attacked to reveal its contents. All players also start with an Energy Balancer and do not need to worry about acquiring it if they die in deathmatch mode. Other modes require players to pick up the Energy Balancer.


What is the ENERGY BALANCER?

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These new ?-boxes are

Blue ?-box

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This common box has a good chance to reveal a health or weapon energy item. Occasionally it can reveal something better but this seems more rare. There's also a chance this will give you nothing.

Red ?-box

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This uncommon box has a good chance to reveal a useful item that you can use. Beware though, as you can destroy this container to reveal that it was empty.

Green ?-box

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This special item can reveal a weapon of some type. These weapons are probably of the same style as the original item in that spot.

Try out your favorite maps with this mode to see what crazy combinations you can come up with! This is a great addition to Chaos and CTF mode or your favorite custom map packs!


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ENERGY DUEL and ENERGY DEATHMATCH - Integrated into Qbox mode as LMS or TLMS!

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ENERGY DUEL and ENERGY DEATHMATCH

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What is it?
This was originally intended to be a Duel mode with less health for faster paced action. It now extends to deathmatch to make use of the Energy Balancer and ?-box game mechanics. It is possible that this mode is still best enjoyed in the Duel format.



New changes in version 1b

This mode now applies to deathmatch.
 The following items are now Energy Balancers that respawn: ETank, MTank, Eddie, and ProtoUpgrade.
 RushJet locations have become RushCoil.
 Plant Barrier and Time Stopper will either be an Energy Balancer, Big Health, Big Weapon Energy, or WTank. Whatever it is on the level load will respawn.
 SmallHealth locations have a 40% chance to spawn the health. Health now respawns.
 BigHealth locations have a 25% chance to spawn either a SmallHealth or BigHealth. Health now respawns.
 Dive, Magnet missiles and Skull Barrier placements are replaced by the ?-box from MM3 (see second screenshot). These drop one of either an Energy Balancer, Big Health, WTank, or BigWeaponEnergy with equal probability. Whatever it drops after opening will respawn.

Old patch notes

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http://wadhost.fathax.com/files/nrgduel-v1a.zip

This mode makes use of (and includes) the special Energy Balancer item. This special item is a key aspect of this mode and where the name comes from.

How it works:
[*] Small health pickups have a 50% chance to spawn per item placement and do not respawn.
[*] Big health pickups have a 25% chance to spawn per item placement  and do not respawn.
[*] All EddieSummon, ProtoUpgrade, ETank, and MTank items are now an Energy Balancer. These do not respawn.
[*] RushJet is now RushCoil instead.
[*] If you die while carrying up to 5 WTanks, BeatCall, RushCoil, TangoSummon, or the Energy Balancer these will spawn where you die allowing your opponent to use them.
[*] Weapon energy respawns as usual.

How to run:
Just load the wad in the launcher and run! Make sure to select Duel mode either when configuring a server or doing Offline Skirmish.

This is an alpha release and I'd be interested to hear your comments on issues of balancing and gameplay.

Commentary:
[*] The idea here is to eliminate a bit of the gameplay element often seen in Duels where it becomes a contest of who can grab the most health pickups.
[*] This mod addresses that without removing health completely. Each small and large health having a random chance to spawn ensures that the gameplay experience will continue to be unique and not rely on memorized health locations. Memorizing in this case might help though, since it will still use the same health item placements in existing maps.
[*] It seems frequent that Duel requires the use of a lot more weapons than typical deathmatch or other modes. As such, it is common for a Dueler to run out of ammo. I wanted to see if gameplay would be improved in some way from the addition of the Energy Balancer since it seems like a perfect fit to this situation.
[*] Should healths have a higher or lower spawn rate?
[*] Instead of large healths should it spawn some sphere-type powerup instead at a lower rate?
[*] I want to retain much of the same feel as the original game especially in terms of movement.

Deprecated notes

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New in v2p
[*] Added MM8/ v3a support!
[*] Balancing tweaks all around
[*] Some new surprises!

New in v2k-o
[*] Floating Eddie fixed
[*] NEW Secret maps and Special items
[*] Treble shoots slightly less shots now and howls on his way out
[*] Treble fix for Nightmare! skill
[*] Rage Auto summon always solid instead of explicitly maintaining Hexen translucency
[*] Added 2 new maps to 4 total custom maps. Map codes MM7SLAX, SHOOT
[*] Bot AI to switch weapons now included. Primarily geared at LMS but works in all modes

New in v2d-v2k
[*] Improves possession support
[*] Improves CTF red ?box layout
[*] Fixes some unbalances in speed altering weapons for CTF
[*] Tweaks to the energy balancer
[*] General stability improvements
[*] New secrets and easter eggs
[*] NEW LMS MODE
[*] Shadowman possession chip initial position fix

Planned for the next release
[*] Magnet and Dive missiles will be replaced with either a shootable ?-box or something else yielding a random weapon/ powerup. Implemented
[*] Plant barrier may be replaced with something. Implemented
[*] It may use an idea similar to the crate in AOW2 where killing someone yields a random sphere/ rune type powerup but possibly a negative powerup as well. You won't know until you get the crate. Not yet, need more playtesting and feedback
[*] Energy Balancers and Rush Coils will respawn. These will no longer be dropped when you are fragged if carrying them. Implemented
[*] An intro explaining how the mode works will be included for ease of use. Not yet
[*] Deathmatch mode compatibility(?) Implemented

Thanks to everyone who playtested and especially everyone for their suggestions.

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DECORATE and ACS Modifications / Re: Tsukiyomaru's Weapon Creation Support

« on: May 04, 2011, 12:18:56 AM »

If you made a Roll class and she had her own types of weapons or special attacks, what would they be?

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: May 01, 2011, 08:06:21 PM »

Didn't CutmanMike already suggest a fix that gets at this issue?

Also it's not only Megaman 6 robot masters but classes like Quickman as well.

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: April 30, 2011, 09:12:07 PM »

That's because Crash Bombs had a pretty good stun on his weapon.

Oh, and Wily is faster than a lot of robot masters. That also kind of adds in on the whole "hard to keep up offensively" strategy.

But Crashman is the same speed or faster. He is faster than a lot of the robot masters, but he needs the speed using a similar rationale to Top man's speed.

I still don't get why a human is faster than a ton of robots, who would have superior physical strength.

Oooh to go with the Wily discussion, the ingame Wily is a fake, that's why he begs when dying and then EXPLODES. Also explains how he keeps coming back and how you can have more than one.

Yeah invisibility needs to be changed, I don't think Gyro or Wily are OP as they stand...

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: April 30, 2011, 08:45:54 PM »

It's hard to keep up an offensive when your opponent can fly.

You did pretty well at it!  

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Projects & Creative / Re: 3 in 1 hubmap.

« on: April 30, 2011, 08:44:55 PM »

What's left to do that AlexMax perceives as monotonous?

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: April 30, 2011, 08:39:46 PM »

I think Wily's main problem is damage + projectile speed. I mean, if you catch someone off guard, there is no fighting back for them.

That's probably true. That's what you get for letting your guard down!

But if you miss, then the other person has the advantage because you'd have to retreat to recharge for an attack of equal effectiveness. If the other person knows enough to keep offensive pressure on then it's an uphill struggle.

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: April 30, 2011, 08:31:28 PM »

I agree completely with YD on the Hardman subject.
And no, Jack, I was talking about Wily with the damage nerf, not Hard

So wait Hardman is ok but Wily needs a damage nerf?

Hardman has damagefactor 0.3 to buster. This means for Wily attacking Hardman

Red shot = 15.0 damage
Yellow shot = 12.0 damage
Small shot = 4.5 damage
Smallest shot = 1.80 damage

This means it realistically takes more than 20 shots to kill a Hardman as Wily. I bet you guys think every class should be this resistant to Wily though. If you nerf Wily's damage then he should have more health and resistance for balance.

One thing that should be looked at with Hardman is how he does the stomp. He should have to get some minimum amount of height off the ground before being able to initiate a stomp. Otherwise people just bunny-stomp around the stage. This leads to people stomping non-stop then firing occasional knuckles to rack up kills.

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Projects & Creative / Re: Class based modification (V4E - EMERGENCY PATCH!)

« on: April 30, 2011, 02:29:53 PM »

Hardman needs a nerf. Why? I'll tell you why.
He's a bit slower than Megaman, with a near death weapon, which has a big hitbox, he has a stun (to make sure the near death weapon hits) and to top is all off he has alot of armour thus rendering him the most annoying thing to kill. Sure he's looks like a freaking tank, but shouldn't he be slow? I mean, he's faster than Yamatoman? What sense does that make? What's more annoying is that he is resistant to everything. He kills Topman in 1 hit, he is immune to Flashman's Time Stopper, magnets are not attracted to him and most of the time he just won't die. I'm sick and tired of always being killed by a Hardman and then being unable to kill it no matter had I try.

Suggested fix: Switch Yamatoman's and Hardman's speed and nerf the Hard Knuckle damage a wee bit.

Inb4 this post is ignored.

These are good points. In addition, for any given Hardman the benefit from even a single small health item is substantial.

King Yamato tried making the damagefactors for Hardman 0.5 (as I had suggested YD do) but after playtesting he almost feels too weak. Perhaps either try damagefactors of 0.4 or just scrap the damagefactor all together and give him like 750 health or something. Right now it's the combination of overall health and the damagefactor scaling that makes him so powerful.

Moving forward to MM4, the Rain Flush (acid rain?) should deal extra damage to Hardman as well since it has been established that hard is weak to corrosive.